counteraffirmation

English edit

Etymology edit

counter- +‎ affirmation

Noun edit

counteraffirmation (plural counteraffirmations)

  1. An affirmation in opposition to another affirmation.
    • 2011, Michael D. Barber, The Intentional Spectrum and Intersubjectivity, page 46:
      So understood, it is not entirely clear how this response meets the skeptical challenge or how it is anything more than a dogmatic counteraffirmation to the skeptic's claim that veridical perception and deceptive appearances are indistinguishable.